Fire monkey

丙申

The fire monkey ( Bingshen , Chinese  丙申 , Pinyin bǐngshēn ) is the 33rd year of the Chinese calendar (see table 干支 60-year cycle). It is a term from the field of Chinese astrology and describes those lunar years that are linked by a connection of the third heavenly stem ( 丙 , bǐng , element fire and Yáng ) with the ninth earth branch ( 申 , shēn ), symbolized by the monkey ( 猴 , hóu ), are characterized.

60-year cycle ( 干支 gānzhī)
阳 Yáng (odd years) 阴 Yin (even years) The 5 elements : wood fire earth metal water
Animal 地支	子	丑	寅	卯	辰	巳	午	未	申	酉	戌	亥
Year 天干 地支	1 甲 子	2 乙 丑	3 丙 寅	4 丁 卯	5 戊 辰	6 己 巳	7 庚 午	8 辛 Unfilled	9 壬 申	10 癸 酉	11 甲 戌	12 乙 亥
Year 天干 地支	13 丙 子	14 丁 丑	15 戊 寅	16 己 卯	17 庚 辰	18 辛 巳	19 壬 午	20 癸 Unfilled	21 甲 申	22 乙 酉	23 丙 戌	24 丁 亥
Year 天干 地支	25 戊 子	26 己 丑	27 庚 寅	28 辛 卯	29 壬 辰	30 癸 巳	31 甲 午	32 乙 Unfilled	33 丙 申	34 丁 酉	35 戊 戌	36 己 亥
Year 天干 地支	37 庚 子	38 辛 丑	39 壬 寅	40 癸 卯	41 甲 辰	42 乙 巳	43 丙 午	44 丁 Unfilled	45 戊 申	46 己 酉	47 庚 戌	48 辛 亥
Year 天干 地支	49 壬 子	50 癸 丑	51 甲 寅	52 乙 卯	53 丙 辰	54 丁 巳	55 戊 午	56 己 Unfilled	57 庚 申	58 辛 酉	59 壬 戌	60 癸 亥

According to the Chinese calendar , such a connection occurs every 60 years. Because of the deviation of the traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar from the Gregorian calendar, the year of the Fire Monkey lasts from February 8, 2016 to January 27, 2017 .

Fire Monkey Year

In the Chinese calendar cycle, the year of the fire monkey 丙申 , bǐngshēn is the 33rd year (before that at the beginning of the calendar year: wooden goat 乙未 , yǐwèi , 32nd year). The year of the Fire Rooster follows the year of the Fire Monkey .

Chinese terminology for the year of the fire monkey 2016

List of 60-year cycles (end of cycle - when counting from the 1st year of the Huángdì government) (beginning of the cycle - when counting from the 61st year of Huángdì government)
	0	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9
0	2665 BC Chr.	2605 BC Chr.	2545 BC Chr.	2485 BC Chr.	2425 BC Chr.	2365 BC Chr.	2305 BC Chr.	2245 BC Chr.	2185 BC Chr.	2125 BC Chr.
10	2065 BC Chr.	2005 BC Chr.	1945 BC Chr.	1885 BC Chr.	1825 BC Chr.	1765 BC Chr.	1705 BC Chr.	1645 BC Chr.	1585 BC Chr.	1525 BC Chr.
20th	1465 BC Chr.	1405 BC Chr.	1345 BC Chr.	1285 BC Chr.	1225 BC Chr.	1165 BC Chr.	1105 BC Chr.	1045 BC Chr.	985 BC Chr.	925 BC Chr.
30th	865 BC Chr.	805 BC Chr.	745 BC Chr.	685 BC Chr.	625 BC Chr.	565 BC Chr.	505 BC Chr.	445 BC Chr.	385 BC Chr.	325 BC Chr.
40	265 BC Chr.	205 BC Chr.	145 BC Chr.	85 BC Chr.	25 BC Chr.	36	96	156	216	276
50	336	396	456	516	576	636	696	756	816	876
60	936	996	1056	1116	1176	1236	1296	1356	1416	1476
70	1536	1596	1656	1716	1776	1836	1896	1956	2016	2076
Note: The consecutive number of the cycle results from the line number. added to the column no. Example: row 30 + column 5 = 35th cycle corresponds to 565 v. Chr.

Web links

• Year of the Monkey (East Asia Institute Ludwigshafen)